An Olympic Games medal is in the sights of Gisborne’s Tayler Reid and his Kiwi teammates after a podium performance at the World Triathlon Sprint and Relay Championships (WTCS) in Hamburg, Germany, yesterday. Reid, Kiwi superstar Hayden Wilde...
Congratulations this week to Patricia Corson and Joy Marden for a top score of 70.24 percent on Monday. Once again, Patricia featured in the top three results every day last week. Monday, July 10 — Woodward Chrisp Restricted Pairs 2 (Howell...
There has never been anything like it. On many levels, nothing to remotely approach the 2023 H Blackbee Contractors Ngāti Porou East Coast men’s club rugby final has occurred in the Sky Blue union’s 102-year history. Hicks Bay won the Rangior...
Raising awareness of what is happening in the soil and why it’s so important The decline of soil quality is one of the biggest invisible challenges to human and overall environmental wellbeing. Soil helps put food on our plates, purifies our...
Owners of an undisclosed Gisborne building have been left “stressed”, after it was confirmed as one of more than 1000 others nationwide thought to have been signed off by someone without the proper credentials. Engineering New Zealand last week...
Gisborne restaurants impacted by natural disasters can now apply for funding through the DoorDash Restaurant Disaster Relief Fund. A week after launching in Auckland, on-demand delivery platform DoorDash is expanding its disaster relief fund to New...
A pre-election pledge from the National Party to fund pothole repairs has been welcomed by National’s East Coast electorate candidate Dana Kirkpatrick. The proposals were announced at the weekend and would establish a $500 million fund for state...
The decreasing gap between frequent election polls means one thing — the general election is getting closer. With three months to go until election day on October 14, six candidates are in the running for the two local electorates — so far. For...
Wages here are at an all-time high but are still below the national average, new statistics show. New Zealand’s national average salary has reached a new record of more than $70,000, according to the latest Trade Me Jobs data. While record average...
OBITUARY Barbara Fisher It was a badge earned but never worn. Barbara Fisher — Serving Sister and Officer of the Order of St John, Queen’s Service Medal recipient, Justice of the Peace (retired) and registered nurse — was the Sheriff of Te...
DemocracyNZ, a new party formed only last year, will field Whakatāne resident and former Auckland police officer Chris Robinson in the East Coast electorate in this year’s general election. Mr Robinson says serving the community comes naturally...
Firefighters were called to a house in Ida Road late yesterday morning in response to a call about an overheated pot of food on the stove which had caught alight. But it was well contained by the resident. The call came in at around 11.30am. “It...
The region’s median house price dropped $45,000 year-on-year. latest data from the Real Estate Institute shows, but realtors here say prices should soon be on the rise if the market follows its traditional pattern. “In Gisborne, the median price...
A forestry company has admitted its poor harvesting practices significantly impacted two of the region’s waterways. Forwood Forest Management Limited and its director, Matthew Strijbosch, each faced 11 representative charges under the Resource...
Applications have opened for commercial entities affected by silt from Cyclone Gabrielle to apply for financial support. The $7.4m funding from Central Government enables businesses in Tairāwhiti to process and dispose of sediment and debris on...
Raw sewage entering a Gisborne dwelling during rain events has left the property’s owner jobless and living in “survival mode”. Tonessa Nicholson lives in a townhouse at Kaiti’s Huxley Rd, a place she has called home for more than 20 years...
East Coast MP Kiri Allan returned to work today and resumed her full duties. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins met with her on Friday to discuss her recent leave and allegations made against her. “Kiri has had a rough time lately, both personally and...
A seriously-injured Maz Quinn was stoked to learn that the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter was on its way after he was injured while surfing at his favourite surf break at Mahia late last month. The surf break on the eastern side of the...
New Zealand Community Trust has awarded Gisborne’s Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust a grant of $12,000 to purchase two Alpha Eagle Dual Visor Flight Helmets. The specialist headgear helps equip the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter that...
Mike Yardley embarks on a vibrant journey through Hanoi, Vietnam’s bustling capital, where the chaotic traffic and aromatic street food create an enchanting symphony of sights and flavours. Arriving at Noi Bai Airport in Northern Vietnam...
This recipe will make a broccoli lover out of anyone. It’s easy to prepare and can even make for a delicious and simple dinner. These toasts are perfect for an appetizer spread or as a side dish. They are loaded with broccoli rabe, spread with...
Cultivating Marjoram in your garden brings a delightful blend of fragrance and flavour to enhance your culinary adventures. Marjoram has beautiful fragrant leaves that can be used in cooking. It’s said to help with toothaches and is also made in...
Gisborne woman Suzy Malseed tells John Gillies about life, family and freediving as she returned from South Korea to her home in Victoria, Australia. A 46-year-old mother of twins was New Zealand’s sole representative at the AIDA Freediving World...
Ngaere Shelton chats to the Herald’s Loren Sirl about living life on the East Coast. It was the early 1950s when a young Ngaere Shelton (nee Gore) arrived by service car (a large bus) into Tolaga Bay. She described the moment she laid eyes on the...
YMP women set the tone for their men in the curtain-raiser to the Poverty Bay Premier club rugby final on Saturday. YMP and Waikohu women went head-to-head in their first 80-minute fixture of the season at Barry Park — hosts YMP winning 20-0. The...
Time and tide wait for no man, and footballers have no special privileges. Players who in their prime seemed indestructible grow old and die, like the rest of us. Word comes from Australia that a titan of the Gisborne City defence of the mid-1970s...
Horouta Koura produced probably their best result of the season so far in pushing Premier Grade table-toppers YMP (1) all the way at the YMCA on Wednesday night. YMP won 43-39 while Horouta earned themselves a richly deserved losing bonus point. As...
A team of Waikanae racers will be in action next week in the Australian inflatable rescue boat championships at Kingscliff Beach in northern New South Wales. The championships start on Thursday and go for four days. Kaiaponi Farms Waikanae’s well...
Gisborne’s Kelsey Teneti got the second start of her international rugby 15s career for the Black Ferns this morning in their Pacific Four Series clash with the United States in Canada (8am kick-off NZ time). Teneti, 20, was on the wing for her...
Chris Hipkins showed once again how focused he is on trying to stay in government when he followed the lead of Sir John Key and Dame Jacinda Ardern in ruling out a policy, that he knows has merit, any time under his leadership. In this case it is...
Who does Prime Minister Chris Hipkins think he’s fooling, that a redistribution of wealth in our country is not a priority? Jordan Walker, Greeen Party candidate for East Coast Is equity not a priority Chris? What about pulling people out of...
Gwynne Dyer “I was there when the Anthropocene was born. It was so amazing,” said Dr Katherine Richardson, leader of the Sustainability Science Centre at the University of Copenhagen. It was in 2000, at a meeting of the International...
The Earth could fit into our Sun 1.3 million times. Human beings don’t even register on the scale of the universe. We are but a flicker of consciousness in the vast, unfathomable void of space. But this flicker of consciousness has the ability to...
Heather van Wyk’s call for a gallery dedicated to the museum’s permanent collection of art is an excellent one that will be supported by many people in this district. The topic arose from time to time in my years on the Museum Board and...